BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Sydney Futures Exchange
- the principal market in Australia for trading financial and commodity futures. It was established in 1962 as a wool futures market, the Sydney Greasy Wool Futures Exchange, but adopted its current name in 1972 to reflect its widening role.
- Abbr. SFE
Additional Resources
- Getting the Dow-ry.(Sydney Futures Exchange's licensing deal with Dow Jones)(Brief Article)
- Jumping into the intensely competitive stock index futures battle, the Sydney Futures Exchange SFE announced a licensing deal with Dow Jones to launch a series of new regional, country and sector indexes called Asia Pacific Extra Liquid Series (AP/ Jumping into the intensely competitive stock index...
- Research articles 1999-01-01
- ACCC not to oppose merger between Australian Stock Exchange and Sydney Futures Exchange.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 May 2006-AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION: ACCC not to oppose merger between Australian Stock Exchange and Sydney Futures ExchangeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24052006 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose the merger between the Australian Stock Exchange...
- Research articles 2006-05-24
- SFE takeover not on the radar, says ASX chief.(Australian Stock Exchange Ltd.)(Sydney Futures Exchange)(Brief Article)
- Feb 15, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian Stock Exchange ASX CEO, Tony D'Aloisio, has ruled out the prospect of acquiring the Sydney Futures Exchange SFE. On 15 February 2005, the ASX declared a 19 per cent rise in net...
- Research articles 2005-02-16
- Sydney Futures Exchange faces blowtorch of competition.
- Apr 09, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- The Sydney Futures Exchange SFE 2001 annual report shows that trading in some contracts has stalled. This is despite the fact that the total number of contracts traded for the year to end ...
- Research articles 2002-04-09
- Exchanges opt for anonymous trading.(Australian Stock Exchange and Sydney Futures Exchange)(Brief Article)
- Mar 03, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's stock exchanges plan to move to anonymous trading. The Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange intend to black out broker identification numbers on trading. They say that this will provide a more...
- Research articles 2005-03-03
- SFE to go electronic. (Sydney Futures Exchange)
- Sydney Futures Exchange has announced its plans to change its trading system by switching to an electronic screen-based Sycom system. Australian institutional trading firms are elated over the plan due to prevailing high costs and low volumes associated with the traditional method. The changeover will be gradually implemented starting in...
- Research articles 1997-12-01
- Pan-Asia link.(Sydney Futures Exchange's contract with Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.)(Brief Article)
- Shortly after its merger with Austraclear, creating a single entity for trading and clearing Down Under, the Sydney Futures Exchange SFE has partnered with Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. HKEx, which offers similar services in Hong Kong. The two exchanges say the strategic...
- Research articles 2001-03-01
- ASX tries poaching traders from futures exchange.
- May 20, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- The Australian Stock Exchange ASX is aiming to win business off its futures rival, the Sydney Futures Exchange SFE. The ASX is offering rebates and lower fees to derivatives traders who use its...
- Research articles 2002-05-21
- FUTURES EXCHANGE OWNER LISTS ON AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE.
- SYDNEY, April 16 Asia Pulse - SFE Corp (ASX:SFE) made a solid if unexceptionable debut on the Australian Stock Exchange, although the price fell off slightly after listing on selling by institutions. Shares in the SFE, which owns the Sydney Futures Exchange, finished the first day of trading...
- Research articles 2002-04-16
- Futures exchange sets date for its own listing.
- Mar 23, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- The Sydney Futures Exchange SFE will list on the Australian Stock Exchange on 16 April 2002, changing from the Austock exempt market. Shares will begin trading as at their last trading day on...
- Research articles 2002-03-22
- Futures exchange in merger agreement.
- Apr 10, 2006 (Lawyers Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Stock Exchange ASX and the Sydney Futures Exchange SFE have announced a proposed merger of their operations. The new entity would be among 50 largest listed companies in Australia. Blake Dawson Waldron ...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- Here and there: Irving trades from Sydney to Chicago. (futures trader Bill Irving)
- Bill Irving is a futures trader who earns from interest rates on the Sydney Futures Exchange SFE everyday and from managing long-term trades on wheat and corn contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade CBOT. Irving is also interested in the new SFE wheatBill Irving is a futures trader who...
- Research articles 1996-11-01
- ASX ready to switch on electricity futures.
- May 23, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- The Australian Stock Exchange ASX is planning to launch electricity futures on 1 October 2002. The exchange's move follows the failure of electricity futures contracts traded through SFE Corporation, formerly the Sydney Futures...
- Research articles 2002-05-24
- ASX, SFE move to limit manipulation of futures expiries.
- Aug 8, 2001 Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- New safeguards against the manipulation of futures contracts expiries were introduced on 7 August 2001. The Australian Stock Exchange ASX and the Sydney Futures Exchange SFE introduced new measures to stop a repeat performance...
- Research articles 2001-08-08
- SFE makes lackluster debut on Australian Stock Exchange.
- Apr 19, 2002 The Asian Wall Street Journal ABIX via COMTEX -- The operator of the Sydney Futures Exchange, SFE Corporation, listed on the Australian sharemarket on 16 April 2002. A merger between the Sydney Futures Exchange and the Australian Stock Exchange has not...
- Research articles 2002-04-19
- Futures looking bright.
- Apr 17, 2003 (Shares - ABIX via COMTEX) Mini Index Futures are a great alternative to the Sydney Futures Exchange SFE. The lesser known service offered by the Australian Stock Exchange ASX allows investors to dabble in futures with lower monetary risk. The ASX...
- Research articles 2003-04-17
- Double the contracts, double the scramble. (Duel Down Under).(Australian Stock Exchange adds second futures contract)(Brief Article)
- The Australian Stock Exchange ASX is adding its second futures contract, on electricity, to its listings, overlapping the contract listing on the now-rival Sydney Futures Exchange SFE. Though the two contracts are slightly different -- SFE offers base and peak while ASX has peak and off-peak...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Futures at ASX "gain strength".
- Apr 14, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- The Australian Stock Exchange ASX is unconcerned about apparently slow business in its new futures trades. The ASX started trading index futures contracts in January 2002 under the banners of the Mini200 and...
- Research articles 2002-04-14
- FIA pushes broker friendly GLOBEX. (Futures Industry Association)
- The face of GLOBEX may have been significantly changed to be more broker friendly due to the sabre rattling of the Futures Industry Association FIA, whose membership would be the main users of the new global electronic exchange. When it seemed the Chicago...
- Research articles 1990-04-01
- Right time to start another exchange.
- Byline: Matt O'Sullivan May 28, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A new commodities and derivatives exchange for Asia is planned to open in Sydney in early 2007. The Commodities & Agricultural Electronic Derivatives Exchange, or Com-Agex Asia, is...
- Research articles 2006-05-28
